Chapter 171: The Foundation Of The Noble Family
Jin Fengjiao definitely knew how precious a divine item was.
Yu Lili had a piece of Suicune’s scales on her, and they directly abandoned steel for water—what does that mean? It means a divine item is more precious than a Heavenly King Level Trainer’s inheritance.
Directly refusing would mean somewhat tearing off the facade.
Lu Li sincerely said: “I still don’t know if there’s a divine item in the Alliance Treasure Vault. If there’s a Steel-type divine item, I will definitely choose the Steel-type divine item.”
He would definitely choose it, but he didn’t guarantee that he had to give it to the Yu Family after choosing it.
If it were before, Lu Li would still have to worry about tearing off the facade with the Yu Family, after all, he was just an ordinary person with no background at the time.
But now it’s different. Not to mention Ekaterina, just Yao Yifei alone could completely withstand the pressure from the Yu Family.
Yu Zhonggang was a Heavenly King Level Trainer, that’s true, but Yao Yifei’s Vespiquen Army was no joke either.
The battlefield might stipulate 1v1 or 6v6, but wilderness battles have no rules preventing someone from deploying a legion.
Jin Fengjiao didn’t notice the loophole in Lu Li’s language and hung up the phone very satisfied.
Yu Zhonggang looked at his wife somewhat hesitantly. “Is doing this really okay?”
“What are you afraid of? Even if things develop in the worst direction, so what? As long as we get the Steel-type divine item, you might have a chance to break through to Champion.
At that time, even if that kid hugs Ekaterina’s thigh, do you think her family would make an enemy of you, a Champion, for a pretty boy?” Jin Fengjiao speechlessly rolled her eyes at Yu Zhonggang.
Jin Fengjiao, who came from noble families, knew that people sometimes had to strive and be greedy—without striving or being greedy, how could one progress?
Yu Zhonggang asked worriedly: “What if that kid gives the divine item to Ekaterina?”
“Impossible. Even if that kid wants to bend his elbow outward, the Alliance won’t allow a divine item from the treasure vault to fall into the Yekaterina Family’s hands.” Jin Fengjiao confidently comforted him.
The initial investment we made has paid off big time. Not to mention Lili’s Beauty Potion and the Speed Potion for you, just this divine item alone has already made us hugely profitable.
“And if we’re lucky, we might even get a Steel-type pseudo-legendary.” A glint of greed flashed in Jin Fengjiao’s eyes.
Lu Li, who possessed an Elite Level Tropius, really had a chance to win the championship. At that time, she could go persuade him a bit, and maybe even get a Steel-type pseudo-legendary for her husband.
After all, there were quite a few Steel-type pseudo-legendaries.
Special form Goodra, Lycanroc, even Metang…
Especially Metang.
If they could somehow get a Metang, and Metagross reproduces asexually, plus that woman’s help.
Maybe Metang could even become their family inheritance Pokémon, and then…
That picture was too beautiful; Jin Fengjiao couldn’t help but laugh.
Yu Zhonggang looked worriedly at his silly-smiling wife. He always felt that Lu Li wasn’t the type of person who could be arbitrarily manipulated by others.
Borrowing a bit of favor to casually toy with others—if it backfires and they become enemies, what then?
However, under the temptation of the Steel-type divine item and pseudo-legendary, Yu Zhonggang also chose to suppress his inner worries.
What his wife said, wasn’t he also extremely yearning for it?
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Yao Yifei asked with a strange facial expression: “Does the Yu Family in Qingfeng City have a good relationship with you?”
“What do you think?” Lu Li speechlessly rolled his eyes at Yao Yifei.
He didn’t believe Yao Yifei hadn’t heard the phone conversation clearly.
“That person on the phone sounded pretty familiar with you, almost like family. They even want a divine item and act so entitled.” Yao Yifei teased.
Lu Li: “…”
Lu Li said expressionlessly: “I’ve already repaid the favor of the sponsorship recommendation with two potions. As for the favor of the breeding notes… that’s not worth a divine item.”
Lu Li was kind-hearted, repaying favors and seeking revenge without fail.
Even if the favors from the Yu Family had ulterior motives, Lu Li would still choose to repay them, but not to the extent of using a divine item.
Speaking of breeding notes, Lu Li felt somewhat speechless inside.
Ling Kong’s breeding notes recorded the making methods for two Pokémon items, and Wei’s Father’s training notes also recorded making methods for multiple Pokémon items.
But Yu Zhonggang’s breeding notes didn’t even have a single Pokémon item making method. Lu Li initially thought it was due to Yu Zhonggang’s origin, so he hadn’t accessed that knowledge.
But now it seemed Old Yu had deliberately held back.
“As long as you know it yourself. Divine items are too precious. If you haven’t found a good backer, I suggest you don’t touch that thing at all.” Yao Yifei earnestly warned.
Divine items were things that made those noble families abandon their bottom lines and principles. If Lu Li really took a divine item from the Alliance Treasure Vault, the powers eyeing him afterward would definitely not be few.
Lu Li nodded, weighing the gains and losses in his mind.
A divine item taken from the Alliance Treasure Vault would definitely be registered. With those noble families’ control over the Alliance, he absolutely couldn’t hide the divine item’s attribute at that time.
A child holding gold through a bustling market—that itself was the greatest risk.
Thinking of this, Lu Li also fell silent.
After pondering for a moment, Lu Li said: “Let’s talk after the match is over. To be honest, I’m having a hard time deciding right now.”
A divine item was really quite important to him, after all, it was a cultivation accelerator!
With an eighteen-attribute spiritual root, cultivation was already difficult; without some acceleration cheat, he might never reach Foundation Establishment in this lifetime.
Risking his life to activate an acceleration cheat was somewhat hard to decide.
“You can go ask that Miss Ekaterina. She should give you some good advice.” Yao Yifei reminded.
Lu Li nodded.
He didn’t know why Yao Yifei trusted Ekaterina on this matter; even he himself was a bit skeptical.
Lu Li also couldn’t guarantee whether Ekaterina would really remain unmoved in the face of a divine item.
“Here.”
While Lu Li was pondering, Yao Yifei handed over a steaming bento box.
“In the current situation, once you leave the lounge, those crazy reporters will definitely swarm you. I guessed you haven’t had lunch.”
Lu Li looked amused at the lunch in front of him.
As a cultivator, I can go three days and nights without eating.
But considering Yao Yifei’s thoughtfulness, Lu Li still felt a bit touched.
“Thanks, I’m just hungry.” Lu Li thanked her warmly.
Whether he needed it or not, at least she had the intention.
While wolfing down the bento box, Lu Li pondered about the divine item.
What a vexing problem.
Just like that, Yao Yifei accompanied Lu Li in the lounge for almost the entire noon.
At three in the afternoon, Lu Li took Charmander’s Poké Ball and stepped onto the passage to the battlefield.
Under the gaze of thousands, Lu Li held the Poké Ball and arrived on the battlefield.
This time, there were even more spectators than the previous match; it could even be described as packed.
Looking at the youth across from him whose facial expression was somewhat dark, Lu Li felt a bit vigilant.
Nothing else, this guy’s facial expression was absolutely the ugliest among all opponents Lu Li had seen.
“I’m Lu Li. I’m really looking forward to battling you.” Lu Li greeted politely.
After speaking, Lu Li threw out the Poké Ball.
Charmander made a flashy entrance.
Ducat, whose face was already quite dark, turned even darker after seeing it was Charmander.
“You bastard! You dare to humiliate me like this!” Ducat glared at Lu Li full of resentment.
In what way am I inferior to that country bumpkin? Using a Charmander against me—what do you mean by that? Looking down on me?
“Damn bastard! What do you mean by this?” Ducat angrily questioned.
“Compared to the battle result, I think growing during the battle is more important to me, so I chose to grow together with Charmander.” Lu Li explained extremely sincerely.
What he said was indeed the truth. Sending out Tropius would be pure crushing; such a battle would be too boring.
As for the respect issue?
Lu Li previously just felt that matching with Gib was a bit unfair to him, so he went all out.
“Very good! You’ll pay the price for your arrogance.” Ducat showed a sinister expression, then released Venusaur.
“Two-stage evolution?”
Lu Li looked at Venusaur somewhat surprised. He only knew Ducat’s starter Pokémon was Bulbasaur; he hadn’t expected Bulbasaur to have evolved.
Unlike in the game, in the real world, there were few powerful Poison Attribute Pokémon.
When trainers with means chose a Poison Attribute starter Pokémon, they generally had only two choices: either Bulbasaur or Nidoran♂.
The reason Lu Li sent out Charmander was also because Charmander had the type advantage.
“Venusaur! Sleep Powder!” Ducat chose to strike first.
“Flame Vortex to block it!” Lu Li shouted.
The flames spat by Charmander rapidly expanded and rotated, looking like it had sprayed out a Flame Vortex.
The two-meter diameter Flame Vortex successfully blocked Venusaur’s Sleep Powder.
Seeing Venusaur’s skill blocked, Ducat continued aggressively: “Venusaur, keep using Poison Powder!”
“Charmander, continue Flamethrower Vortex.” Lu Li still chose the Three Axe Technique tactic.
Since the opponent wanted to drag it out, he would drag it to the end.
Charmander, who ate pills every day, definitely had more energy than the opponent’s Venusaur.
After the skill was blocked again, Ducat could only helplessly switch tactics: “Venusaur! Sweet Scent.”
Sweet Scent began to spread rapidly, soon covering every corner of the battlefield.
This skill on the battlefield was an omnipresent attack; Charmander could hardly avoid it.
At this moment, the pink scent had filled the entire battlefield. Charmander, who inhaled the Sweet Scent, could keenly sense its speed slowing down.
“Next, you probably can’t run anymore, right?” Ducat looked at Charmander excitedly.
“Venusaur! Solar Beam!” Ducat shouted excitedly.
“Solar Beam? When?”
Lu Li’s facial expression changed.
Solar Beam was a skill that needed prior preparation, and Venusaur had been using skills just now.
Seeing Lu Li’s drastically changed facial expression, Ducat, thinking he had successfully slapped his face, happily explained: “Dumbfounded, huh? How would a commoner like you know the double casting technique?”
“Double casting technique?”
Lu Li silently noted the term in his mind. Charmander couldn’t use two skills at once either, but only identical ones.
But Ducat’s Venusaur was different. Solar Beam and the three skills Venusaur used before weren’t the same skill, yet it could use them simultaneously, even secretly—this technique was indeed quite impressive.
Seeing Solar Beam about to hit Charmander, Lu Li could only command: “Use Protect, Protect!”
Lu Li wasn’t too sure if Charmander’s Protect could hold it.
The small Charmander was enveloped by Solar Beam, vaguely showing only the shadow of Solar Beam.
Since too many people were watching the match, Lu Li didn’t dare to use spiritual sense and could only watch the shadow in the beam tensely.
After Solar Beam disappeared, Charmander was panting standing in place.
Protect had held, but due to Solar Beam’s immense power, Charmander had to keep outputting energy to maintain Protect, so energy consumption was quite high.
“It actually held?” Ducat shouted in disbelief.
Solar Beam was a Grass-type big move! Even with type disadvantage, how could Charmander block it so hastily?
“Charmander, get close and use Flame Claw!”
Considering Charmander had little energy left, Lu Li could only have it use a skill with lower energy output.
Seeing this, Ducat was shocked and anxiously shouted: “Venusaur! Quickly use Vine Whip to stop it.”
He had seen Charmander’s Flame Claw from the audience seats before, and Venusaur wasn’t good at close combat to begin with. If the opponent got close, this match would be over.
Venusaur’s two vines were as nimble as snakes, but Charmander’s reaction speed was faster, plus treading on fire—Venusaur’s Vine Whip missed several times.
Under Ducat’s angry and helpless gaze, Charmander approached Venusaur.
Realizing the tide had turned, Ducat could only command: “Venusaur, use Tackle!”
Compared to taking Flame Claw with its body, using a skill to block would suffer less damage.
Boom!
Charmander’s Flame Claw collided with Venusaur’s head.
Three deep, bone-visible scars appeared on Venusaur’s forehead. Though injured, Venusaur’s life energy hadn’t dropped much.
Under the surge of life energy, Venusaur’s forehead wounds rapidly healed.
This was a life energy usage technique that trained Pokémon could learn: consuming life energy to repair bodily wounds.
But from a life energy perspective, Venusaur was still injured; it just wasn’t shown on the surface.
Lu Li calmly watched this scene. Pokémon were very special lifeforms. Don’t think those three scars on Venusaur’s forehead looked ferocious.
But for Venusaur, such wounds weren’t a big deal; they wouldn’t even bleed continuously, just looked scary.
Venusaur using life energy to heal scars was actually a very wasteful use of life energy.
“Venusaur! Double Powder Ground!” Ducat shouted with cold eyes.
“Here it comes! Player Ducat’s large-range attack skill. This skill has accidentally injured the opponent’s trainer multiple times before. How will our player Lu Li cope?” The commentator shouted loudly into the microphone.
